Since 1993, the Rabbani Charitable Trust, a Baha'i-inspired nonprofit, public charity, has sponsored an annual international Baha'i Conference on Social and Economic Development in Orlando every December. All are welcome to attend.  

A process of learning we can all emulate marked workshops offered at the Baha’i Conference on Social and Economic Development. They covered such topics as community health; taking moral leadership to neighborhoods; educating school teachers about the oneness of humankind; service through the arts; providing legal assistance to the poor; spiritual parenting; and spreading prosperity.

Carol Curtis served for more than 30 years as an international pioneer serving the Baha’i Faith outside her homeland. Her experiences abroad plus insights gained at the recent Baha’i Conference on Social and Economic Development prompted her to share these thoughts.

Intersections. Of our social and economic development knowledge base built over the years and the emerging social action in neighborhoods. Of inner (personal) and outer (societal) transformation. They appeared at virtually every juncture of the Baha’i Social and Economic Development Conference held in December 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

Seeking an arena of service? Keynote talks at the Baha’i Conference on Social and Economic Development would seem at first glance to spotlight action at the national level and beyond. But look closer and you could see inklings of how we at the grass roots can identify similar needs and pursue similar objectives.

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